System and method for electrical boot-device-reset signals

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing accelerated loading of operating system and application programs upon system boot or application launch are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for providing accelerated loading of an operating system comprises the steps of: maintaining a list of boot data used for booting a computer system; preloading the boot data upon initialization of the computer system; and servicing requests for boot data from the computer system using the preloaded boot data. In another aspect, a method for providing accelerated launching of an application program comprises the steps of: maintaining a list of application data associated with an application program; preloading the application data upon launching the application program; and servicing requests for application data from a computer system using the preloaded application data.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A system for creating an electrical boot-device-reset signal in advance of an electrical system-reset signal, the system comprising:
 a first input configured to receive a power-supply-monitoring signal; and 
 a second input configured to receive the electrical system-reset signal; 
 wherein the system is configured to:
 electrically differentiate the power-supply-monitoring signal to create the electrical boot-device-reset signal in advance of the electrical system-reset signal. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The system of  claim 1 , wherein a first time constant to differentiate the power-supply-monitoring signal is less than a second time constant to differentiate the electrical system-reset signal. 
     
     
       3. The system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a logical gate configured to perform a logic OR operation between an electrical cold-boot-reset request signal and the power-supply-monitoring signal. 
 
     
     
       4. The system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a logical gate configured to perform a logic OR operation between an electrical expansion bus signal and the electrical system-reset signal. 
 
     
     
       5. The system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a logical gate configured to perform a logic OR operation between an electrical warm boot signal and the electrical system-reset signal. 
 
     
     
       6. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is further configured to generate an electrical cold boot identification signal flag. 
     
     
       7. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is further configured to generate an electrical warm boot identification signal flag. 
     
     
       8. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is further configured to form a connection to pass the power-supply-monitoring signal. 
     
     
       9. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is further configured to form a connection to pass an electrical expansion bus signal. 
     
     
       10. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is further configured to form a connection to pass an electrical warm boot signal bypass. 
     
     
       11. A method for creating an electrical boot-device-reset signal in advance of an electrical system-reset signal, the method comprising:
 receiving a power-supply-monitoring signal; 
 receiving the electrical system-reset signal; and 
 electrically differentiating the power-supply-monitoring signal to create the electrical boot-device-reset signal in advance of the electrical system-reset signal. 
 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 11 , wherein a first time constant to differentiate the power-supply-monitoring signal is less than a second time constant to differentiate the electrical system-reset signal. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 performing a logic OR operation between an electrical cold-boot-reset request signal and the power-supply-monitoring signal. 
 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 performing a logic OR operation between an electrical expansion bus signal and the electrical system-reset signal. 
 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 performing a logic OR operation between an electrical warm boot signal and the electrical system-reset signal. 
 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 generating an electrical cold boot identification signal flag. 
 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 generating an electrical warm boot identification signal flag. 
 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 forming a connection to pass the power-supply-monitoring signal. 
 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 forming a connection to pass an electrical expansion bus signal. 
 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 forming a connection to pass an electrical warm boot signal.